YES!! I remember that! For some reason - a family curse, no doubt - I've had to direct a lot of commericals that feature children, and as difficult as they can be to work with, they're the best to audition. You can tell right away if they've got it or not, and they're far more inventive than adults during the audition. Anyway, I remember the kid you're talking about, and he was a clear standout. And I'll bet anything he wasn't the only one, but I remember thinking at the time that if those had been MY dailies, Jake Lloyd wouldn't have made it past round 1.

Also, my other favorite part of that piece was the fact that it ends with the shot of the theater of excited fans BEFORE the movie starts, not a second of footage after they'd finally seen it.

_Mike